Rescue Buss Lightyear

Buss Lightyear has been poisoned!!! It's now your job to find out who did it. Your are the crack forensic scientist and it is your job to find out who poisoned Buss. There has been some mysterious substances left behind: a clear liquid, a white powder, an "S" shaped metal looking object, a piece of a hot dog. Create a table and find the properties of each of the liquids, powders, wraps, and hot dogs.

Hypothesis
The students hypothesis was that Dora did the poisoning of Buss Lightyear. Before the student started the finale lab she made an educated guess that Dora did the poisoning.
  • Materials
    • well plate (plastic)
    • beakers (glass)
    • Gradulated Cylinder (plastic)
    • hot plate
    • triple beam balance
    • goggles (rubber and elastic)
    • conductivity meter
    • hydrochloric acid
    • iodine
    • eye droppers (glass and plastic)
    • plastic spoon
    • glass stir stick
    • paper cup
  • Samples (things tested)
    • wrap lab
    • plastic
    • aluminum
    • zinc
    • copper
    • iron
    • sulfur
  • Hot dog lab
    • pork hot dog
    • light pork hot dog
    • 98% fat free hot dog
  • Powder lab
    • sucrose
    • baking soda
    • sodium polyacrylate
    • sodium chloride
    • ascorbic acid
  • Liquid lab
    • pure water
    • alcohol
    • salt water
    • vinegar
    • grape drink
    • lemon-aid with pulp


The procedure for the liquid lab
  1. make a table with the names of the liquids on one side and 4 physical properties and 2 chemical properties that you would like to test on the top of the table
  2. gather a little of each of the liquids listed above in a well plate and label on a separate sheet of paper which liquid is in each of the little cup things so you can keep the data strait
  3. gather what you need to run your tests
  4. test your first physical property
  5. right down data gathered from the test
  6. test you second physical property
  7. right down data gathered from the test
  8. test you third physical property
  9. right down data gathered from the test
  10. test your fourth physical property
  11. right down data gathered from the test
  12. test you first chemical property
  13. right down data gathered from the test
  14. test your second chemical property
  15. right down data gathered from the test
  16. clean up the work space and properly dispose of the waste

The procedure for the wrap lab
  1. make a table with the names of the wraps on one side and 4 physical properties and 1 chemical property you would like to test on the top of the table
  2. gather a little of each of the wraps listed above in a well plate and label on a separate sheet of paper which wrap is in each of the little cup things so you can keep the data strait
  3. gather what you need to run your tests
  4. test your first physical property
  5. right down data gathered from the test
  6. test you second physical property
  7. right down data gathered from the test
  8. test you third physical property
  9. right down data gathered from the test
  10. test you fourth physical property
  11. right down data gathered from the test
  12. test you first chemical property
  13. right down data gathered from the test
  14. clean up the work space and properly dispose of the waste

The procedure for the powder lab
  1. make a table with the names of the powders on one side and 3 physical properties and 2 chemical property you would like to test on the top of the table
  2. gather a little of each of the powders listed above in a well plate (sodium polyacrylate must go into a paper cup NOT in the well plate) and label on a separate sheet of paper which powder is in each of the little cup things so you can keep the data strait
  3. gather what you need to run your tests
  4. test your first physical property
  5. right down data gathered from the test
  6. test your second physical property
  7. right down data gathered from the test
  8. test your third physical property
  9. right down data gathered from the test
  10. test you first chemical property
  11. right down data gathered from the test
  12. test you second chemical property
  13. right down data gathered from the test
  14. clean up the work space and properly dispose of the wast

The procedure for the hot dog lab
  1. make a table with the types of the hot dogs on one side and 4 physical properties and 1 chemical property you would like to test on the top of the table
  2. gather a little of each of the hot dogs listed above in a well plate and label on a separate sheet of paper which hot dog is in each of the little cup things so you can keep the data strait
  3. gather what you need to run your tests
  4. test your first physical property
  5. right down data gathered from the test
  6. test your second physical property
  7. right down data gathered from the test
  8. test your third physical property
  9. right down data gathered from the test
  10. test your fourth physical property
  11. right down data gathered from the test
  12. test you first chemical property
  13. right down data gathered from the test
  14. test you second chemical property
  15. right down data gathered from the test
  16. clean up the work space and properly dispose of the waste

Summary
After much consideration the student has discovered that Arial has poisoned Buss. after five days of testing and and compering the student has found that the data is conclusive. Arial did it, she poisoned Buss.